St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-03
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The Black Pearl Defeats Black
Frank i'm ThirIy-Eight Bounds.

The Black Pearl Defeats Black
Frank i'm ThirIy-Eight Rounds.
The question of superiority between the
colored pugilists, George Harris. the e''Black
PEARL" of Minneapolis, and Frank Taylor.
of st. Paul, was settled yesterday morning
in a quiet spot Oh the east side of
the river, near the line which
separates Hennepin and Ramsey counties.
The men have met a number of times be-
fore, each besting the other in ten and tif-
teen-round contests and fighting several
draws A contest to the finish, therefore,
drew out crowd OF neatly one hundred
sports. principally from Minneapolis, who
paid So. so for the privilege of being on hand
at the early hour of o'clock to witness the
affair. The place selected was we'll shaded
spot near the river bank, and evident
signs of previous preparations were visible.
The crowd. which was decidedly tony
one, alighted from hacks and Surroun ded
the ring. Jack Keefe was chosen referee.
John p. Clowd went back of the Pearl. Pat
Kilen behind Black Frank, and the fight
began at $50 o'clock.
IN THE FIRST ROUND
little execution was done; in the second the
men started. going to work at such a lively
rate that it looked as though the contest
would not go beyond six or eight rounds
Both stayed well, however. and took their
punishment without murmuring. After
the twelfth round Frank seemed weak
and dazed at times, but always re-
sponded when struck. At the twenty
fifth round both were groggy and their
blows lacked strength. Up to the
thirty-sixth round it was almost an even
fight, with the Pearl in slightly the best
condition Tho Dao ri II, tbQ fhraa cnanaa1-
ing rounds, however, revived, and was
much the stronger. In the thirty eighth
and last round he rushed Frank to the
ropes, and the latter went to the
ground in breaking away, but got up
within six seconds. The Pearl made
another rush and knocked Frank off his
feet again. The st. Paul man attempted
to get up again, but it took more than ten
seconds to accomplish the feat and the fight
was awarded the Pearl. The men fought
AS IN THEIR OTHER ENGAGEMENTS,
Frank working for the head principally
with his left, while the Pearl fought for
the body with his right. Frank, after the
twelfth round, seemed inclined to hug and
clinch to avoid punishment and the Pearl
was generally the aggreSsor. On the whole
the fight can be said to be contest in
which wind and endurance were the
principle requirements. Neither was
badly punished, although the Pearls
face was considerably bruised. There were
number of slip-downs, owing to the
dampness of the ground, but the Pearl
scored several clean knock-downs. The
first blood was claimed for Frank in the
second round, but was not allowed. In the
seventh round the Pearl brought the blood
from Franks nose and mouth and the latter
bled considerable after that. The fight
lasted hours and 30 seconds and two and
one-half ounce gloves were used. The winner
received 1925, and the loser $25. Little bet
ting was done, although the coterie of
young bloOds who have made the Pearl
their protege were ready to back their
man but found few takers.
Racing n the SIafR En In O. srnmnhS.